I know, I know, I shouldn't speak about politics here. But this is SOOOOOO FUNNY!
For International Women's Day several officials praised the efforts of women for a better world. At the website
http://www.state.gov/g/wi/
you can read how Laura Bush, Charlotte Ponticelli, Paula J. Dobriansky and Colin Powell think about women. There is also a link to a speech George W. Bush held, but that is a dead link now:
http://www.state.gov/g/wi/rls/14573.htm
Why? Well George was telling the world about Fathi al-Jahmi from Libya. According to mr. Bush she is the mother of seven children, arrested on or around 26 October 2002, and sentenced by a People's Court to five years' imprisonment after she reportedly stated during a session of the People's Conference in Bin Ashour (a suburb of Tripoli), that reform within Libya would never take place in the absence of a constitution, pluralism and democracy.
Good speech, but there was a problem: Fathi al-Jahmi is a MAN. Reason enough to take Bush's speech off-line! (And no, Fathi Al-Jahmi was not born with ambiguous genitalia and he also isn't a transsexual...)
Ehhhh, mr. president, how do you think you can forbid same-sex marriages when you can't tell the difference between a man and a woman?
Groeten, Miriam